Join us for the Wetland Film Festival
Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society (FoKLSS) and Kootenay Native Plant (KNPS) Society are coming together to celebrate the beauty and resilience of wetlands and pollinator habitats in the Kootenay region, while highlighting local, community-led conservation efforts.
Celebrate the wetlands that feed Kootenay Lake, with films that highlight local wildlife, water, and the people working to protect these ecosystems.
The evening will begin with KNPS sharing highlights from the Milkweed & Monarchs (M&Ms) program, a locally driven, community-based effort to support the endangered Western Monarch butterfly. The presentation will explore what KNPS has learned through years of research on wild Showy Milkweed populations and the creation of the Nelson Monarch Waystation, and how these collaborative projects are helping to design and create safe havens here in the Kootenays. We will also look ahead at future expansion of the program at the Harrop Wetland.
Following the presentation, we will settle into the wetland film viewings, with presentations from some of the local filmmakers themselves!
Your registration supports FoKLSS and KNPS in education, restoration, and community stewardship. Come learn, connect with neighbours, and leave with practical ways to care for the lake and its surrounding wetlands.
You don’t want to miss out on our amazing door prizes, including seeds, gift cards, merch, and more!
The event will take place at the Nelson United Church, 602 Silica St. Doors will open upstairs in the sanctuary at 5:30pm and the event will commence at 6:00pm.
Light refreshments and snacks will be available, courtesy of the Kootenay Co-op! To help save on dishes and single-use cups, please consider bringing your own reusable mug for tea and coffee.
6:00: Milkweed & Monarchs Presentation
6:45: Wetland Film Fest begins
7:45: Intermission
8:10: Snk’mip Dig Deeper Presentation & Film
Program Guide
- Wetland Conservation through Private Land Stewardship in the Kootenays
- BC Wildlife Federation Watershed Team
A detailing of a local initiative that involves restoration on private land, where individual landowners can play a critical role in regional conservation.
- Phantom Orchid: The Ghost Flower
- Wilderness Committee
This film showcases the plight of this endangered species, and of a property owner determined to preserve his land for the sake of nature…and for the orchid.
- The Wetlands
- Norm Allard & Real Estate Foundation of BC
Featuring one of largest wetland project in Canada, Norm Allard an his team share about their restoration in Yaqan Nukiy. This project is fully Indigenous Led, with their values and world views heavily utilized in the design work.
- Riparian Restoration
- Walter Clough Wildlife Sanctuary & Slocan River Stream Keepers
A project that restores degraded riparian areas at four separate sites along Slocan river, aiming to reduce bank erosion, and create long-term wildlife habitat.
- Snk’mip Dig Deeper
- Haven for Ecology
Highlighting a large scale restoration on the north end of Slocan lake, at the Snk’mip wetlands. The film also explores deeper conflicts between colonial land ownership and Indigenous law, and nature-first values.